My favorite Boss dirt pedal had mine since 1993(ish) - I ran mine at 9v for years as I knew no better - then the internet corrected me only for me to discover it sounds more "better" if you run it at 9v rather than the correct 12v... only my Sovtek Big muff rivals my love for the HM-2
I posted a similar comment on YouTube too in the hope of annoying the fan boys.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:13 am
by BearBoy
I'd had mine for about 15 years probably before I became aware of the whole 9v PSA/ACA thing. I'd pretty much always had it daisy chained with a PSA DD-3 and CH-1 though so it would have been getting the "correct" voltage. Doesn't really matter though if you like the way the it sounds; you won't damage it by underpowering it.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:14 am
by BearBoy
Hurb wrote:Cheers. Its had a mixed reaction. I have been watching probably too many how to make your YouTube channel grow videos of late and went for a proper shitty YouTuber title which has upset a lot of people. However its easily done way better than any of my other videos in a couple of hours. I also got accused of posting the link in too many groups haha I can't win. I cant expect my bollox to go viral by its self I am not baby monkey on a skateboard!
Anyway I actually really enjoyed a lot of the tones available still Don't think its that special though.
Ha. Where have you been getting grief for it? All the comments on YouTube are positive and 100% likes (atm).
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:18 am
by Hurb
BearBoy wrote:
Hurb wrote:Cheers. Its had a mixed reaction. I have been watching probably too many how to make your YouTube channel grow videos of late and went for a proper shitty YouTuber title which has upset a lot of people. However its easily done way better than any of my other videos in a couple of hours. I also got accused of posting the link in too many groups haha I can't win. I cant expect my bollox to go viral by its self I am not baby monkey on a skateboard!
Anyway I actually really enjoyed a lot of the tones available still Don't think its that special though.
Ha. Where have you been getting grief for it? All the comments on YouTube are positive and 100% likes (atm).
Mainly Facebook. Particularly in a group Benecol added me to. So its kinda his fault! 'Pedalboards of actual Doom' lots of HM-2 fan boys not enjoying me suggesting that their favourite pedal might actually be shite in the title.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:23 am
by benecol
I deliberately set that up: GUYS, I'M GOING TO INVITE THIS N00B, THEN WE'LL ALL PILE ON HIM IT'LL BE SO FUNNY GUYS.
I'm like an internet Bullingdon Club.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:43 am
by Hurb
Haha!
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 12:08 pm
by NickS
I eenjoyed the video but I would like to see (1) how it "cleans up" on the guitar volume knob (which is probably completely beside the point of this pedal) and (2) how it compares side by side with the Behringer you mention, Hurb.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 1:55 pm
by plopswagon
My only criticism is that you need to clean up your computer desktop.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:00 pm
by Hurb
NickS wrote:I eenjoyed the video but I would like to see (1) how it "cleans up" on the guitar volume knob (which is probably completely beside the point of this pedal) and (2) how it compares side by side with the Behringer you mention, Hurb.
Definitely would like to try the behringer side by side.
I am someone who rarely messes with the volume knob and always forget in videos.
plopswagon wrote:My only criticism is that you need to clean up your computer desktop.
Its literally just screen caps of you pretending to open your pants on Zoom
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 6:08 pm
by Bacchus
Hurb wrote:
BearBoy wrote:
Hurb wrote:Cheers. Its had a mixed reaction. I have been watching probably too many how to make your YouTube channel grow videos of late and went for a proper shitty YouTuber title which has upset a lot of people. However its easily done way better than any of my other videos in a couple of hours. I also got accused of posting the link in too many groups haha I can't win. I cant expect my bollox to go viral by its self I am not baby monkey on a skateboard!
Anyway I actually really enjoyed a lot of the tones available still Don't think its that special though.
Ha. Where have you been getting grief for it? All the comments on YouTube are positive and 100% likes (atm).
Mainly Facebook. Particularly in a group Benecol added me to. So its kinda his fault! 'Pedalboards of actual Doom' lots of HM-2 fan boys not enjoying me suggesting that their favourite pedal might actually be shite in the title.
I always think that's one of the strangest and most interesting social phenomenons that the internet has revealed. Men who like they way their guitar sounds in their bedroom, but who then feel angered and insulted because another man on the internet says that he thinks it sounds bad when he's tried the same thing in his bedroom.
It's a weird lesson about the importance of having internal loci of evaluation and not external.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 7:08 pm
by Hurb
Yeah people are odd. I mean the daft thing is I haven't actually given my opinion on it in the video. I listened back today with fresh ears and I actually think it sounds mint.
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:29 pm
by dub
It’s the internet, people just read the headline/title then rage in the comments.
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 8:47 pm
by Hurb
Bought a behringer hm300 to compare before I have to send the Hm-2 back.
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:03 pm
by Noirie.
Video yeah?
They sounded very different when JHS compared them.
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 9:20 pm
by Hurb
Noirie. wrote:Video yeah?
They sounded very different when JHS compared them.
Yes hopefully. Haven't seen the JHS one but one I saw there was a bit more fizz that can hopefully be dialled out.
I also tried the m9 version of the metal zone which didn't really compare at all.
Posted: Thu Dec 24, 2020 11:12 pm
by dezb1
Hurb wrote:
Noirie. wrote:Video yeah?
They sounded very different when JHS compared them.
Yes hopefully. Haven't seen the JHS one but one I saw there was a bit more fizz that can hopefully be dialled out.
I also tried the m9 version of the metal zone which didn't really compare at all.
The Metal Zone and the HM-2 are totally different beasts the MT-2 is only good for teh blooz.
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:00 pm
by Hurb
Already posted this to the facebooks earlier but for those not on there. I did a comparison of the Behringer HM300 and the Boss Hm-2.
[youtube][/youtube]
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:39 pm
by Bacchus
Which one sis more solidly constructed though? Can you find out?
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:58 pm
by Hurb
Bacchus wrote:Which one sis more solidly constructed though? Can you find out?
Been there done that!
Plastics as strong as shit!
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:07 pm
by Freddy V-C
Nice one, Hurb! I actually think I prefer the sound of the Behringer. Interesting...
